***To all interested in the Edinburgh Local Group of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)***
PLEASE NOTE THAT THAT THERE IS A CHANGE OF *TIME* AND *VENUE* FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS IN ON TUESDAY 13 MAY 2008
*Title:** 30 Years of Medical Statistics *
* (followed by AGM)*
*Speaker: Professor Mike Campbell (Professor in Medical Statistics, Health Services Research, University of Sheffield) *
The above talk is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 13 May at 5.30 pm.
The full announcement is provided in text form below. However, please
also scroll further down to find details of how to access our poster for
advertising this meeting and for details of our local group website.
********** May meeting announcement *************
*Title: 30 Years of Medical Statistics *
* (followed by AGM)*
Speaker: Professor Mike Campbell
(Professor in Medical Statistics,
Health Services Research, University of Sheffield)
Tuesday 13 May 2008, 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm (refreshments at 5.00 pm);
members and non-members of the RSS are all MOST WELCOME to attend this meeting.
*There is *no need* to register to attend if you are a non-member. *
*Abstract*:
The speaker will describe how statistical methods in Medical Statistics have
changed over his career. At the start, important landmark papers by Cox (1972)and Nelder and Wedderburn (1972) were becoming better known, and programs were written on punch cards. Bayesian methods were for philosophers rather than practicing statisticians. Many things are much better these days, in particular the recognition of the importance of statistics. However, many things remain the same, in particular teaching statistics to doctors has not become any easier!
***PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE : **Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place, University of Edinburgh Medical School EH8 9AG***
Directions: Enter via Doorway 1, Old Medical School Quadrangle,
Teviot Place and walk up to the 2nd floor; go through the first
pair of swing doors. The Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre will be
facing you.
/Public transport/
Lothian Bus <http://www.lothianbuses.co.uk> services numbered 2, 23, 27, 35, 41 and 42 stop close to the venue.
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***Details of the website for the Edinburgh local group of the RSS***
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Please refer to
http://www.bioss.sari.ac.uk/staff/adam/rsse/
where you can learn more about past and future meetings of our group and
about the workings of the RSS in general. It is recognized that this
site serves as a more reliable means of sharing information with
multiple recipients, given the problems that can arise with e-mail
attachments.
***Posters for advertising***
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Please kindly note that for those interested in advertising this
meeting, a poster is available for downloading in rtf and pdf
formats at the above site. To avoid possible problems
with sending attachments to multiple recipients, it is anticipated that
this will be the ongoing mechanism for distributing our posters for local
group meetings.
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If you have further questions or difficulties in reading this email,
please inform me by return of email. Also, if you would prefer not to
receive such announcements in the future or know of individuals who
would like to be added to our local group mailing list, please let me
know asap.
We look forward to meeting you in May.
Margaret MacDougall, Secretary and Treasurer
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